About the book
A disputed inheritance returns to haunt a woman and the son whose future she protected.
LibriVox recording; public domain in the United States.
Recorded by LibriVox volunteers. Audio hosted by the Internet Archive. Original recording and credits.
Listen chapter by chapter
- 01 - THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE GREAT ORLEY FARM CASE · 30 minutes
- 02 - LADY MASON AND HER SON · 35 minutes
- 03 - THE CLEEVE · 20 minutes
- 04 - THE PERILS OF YOUTH · 18 minutes
- 05 - SIR PEREGRINE MAKES A SECOND PROMISE · 16 minutes
- 06 - THE COMMERCIAL ROOM, BULL INN, LEEDS · 33 minutes
- 07 - THE MASONS OF GROBY PARK · 33 minutes
- 08 - MRS. MASON'S HOT LUNCHEON · 15 minutes
- 09 - A CONVIVIAL MEETING · 27 minutes
- 10 - MR., MRS., AND MISS FURNIVAL · 23 minutes
- 11 - MRS. FURNIVAL AT HOME · 25 minutes
- 12 - MR. FURNIVAL'S CHAMBERS · 24 minutes
- 13 - GUILTY, OR NOT GUILTY · 25 minutes
- 14 - DINNER AT THE CLEEVE · 24 minutes
- 15 - A MORNING CALL AT MOUNT PLEASANT VILLA · 23 minutes
- 16 - MR. DOCKWRATH IN BEDFORD ROW · 23 minutes
- 17 - VON BAUHR · 24 minutes
- 18 - THE ENGLISH VON BAUHR · 18 minutes
- 19 - THE STAVELY FAMILY · 32 minutes
- 20 - MR. DOCKWRATH IN HIS OWN OFFICE · 19 minutes
- 21 - CHRISTMAS IN HARLEY STREET · 25 minutes
- 22 - CHRISTMAS AT NONINGSBY · 32 minutes
- 23 - CHRISTMAS AT GROBY PARK · 18 minutes
- 24 - CHRISTMAS IN GREAT ST. HELENS · 19 minutes
- 25 - MR. FURNIVAL AGAIN AT HIS CHAMBERS · 25 minutes
- 26 - WHY SHOULD I NOT? · 28 minutes
- 27 - COMMERCE · 18 minutes
- 28 - MONKTON GRANGE · 25 minutes
- 29 - BREAKING COVERT · 22 minutes
- 30 - ANOTHER FALL · 24 minutes
- 31 - FOOTSTEPS IN THE CORRIDOR · 17 minutes
- 32 - WHAT BRIDGET BOLSTER HAD TO SAY · 31 minutes
- 33 - THE ANGEL OF LIGHT · 25 minutes
- 34 - MR. FURNIVAL LOOKS FOR ASSISTANCE · 18 minutes
- 35 - LOVE WAS STILL THE LORD OF ALL · 33 minutes
- 36 - WHAT THE YOUNG MEN THOUGHT ABOUT IT · 21 minutes
- 37 - PEREGRINE'S ELOQUENCE · 22 minutes
- 38 - OH, INDEED! · 19 minutes
- 39 - WHY SHOULD HE GO? · 37 minutes
- 40 - I CALL IT AWFUL · 18 minutes
- 41 - HOW CAN I SAVE HIM? · 26 minutes
- 42 - JOHN KENNEBY GOES TO HAMWORTH · 20 minutes
- 43 - JOHN KENNEBY'S COURTSHIP · 20 minutes
- 44 - SHOWING HOW LADY MASON COULD BE VERY NOBLE · 31 minutes
- 45 - SHOWING HOW MRS. ORME COULD BE VERY WEAK MINDED · 29 minutes
- 46 - A WOMAN'S IDEA OF FRIENDSHIP · 19 minutes
- 47 - THE GEM OF THE FOUR FAMILIES · 20 minutes
- 48 - THE ANGEL OF LIGHT UNDER A CLOUD · 28 minutes
- 49 - MRS. FURNIVAL CAN'T PUT UP WITH IT · 24 minutes
- 50 - IT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE · 34 minutes
- 51 - MRS. FURNIVAL'S JOURNEY TO HAMWORTH · 21 minutes
- 52 - SHOWING HOW THINGS WENT ON AT NONINGSBY · 20 minutes
- 53 - LADY MASON RETURNS HOME · 29 minutes
- 54 - TELLING ALL THAT HAPPENED BENEATH THE LAMP-POST · 23 minutes
- 55 - WHAT TOOK PLACE IN HARLEY STREET · 22 minutes
- 56 - HOW SIR PEREGRINE DID BUSINESS WITH MR. ROUND · 22 minutes
- 57 - THE LOVES AND HOPES OF ALBERT FITZALLEN · 22 minutes
- 58 - MISS STAVELEY DECLINES TO EAT MINCED VEAL · 30 minutes
- 59 - NO SURRENDER · 21 minutes
- 60 - WHAT REBEKAH DID FOR HER SON · 24 minutes
- 61 - THE STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION · 23 minutes
- 62 - WHAT THE FOUR LAWYERS THOUGHT ABOUT IT · 21 minutes
- 63 - THE EVENING BEFORE THE TRIAL · 28 minutes
- 64 - THE FIRST JOURNEY TO ALSTON · 23 minutes
- 65 - FELIX GRAHAM RETURNS TO NONINGSBY · 28 minutes
- 66 - SHOWING HOW MISS FURNIVAL TREATED HER LOVERS · 22 minutes
- 67 - MR. MOULDER BACKS HIS OPINION · 17 minutes
- 68 - THE FIRST DAY OF THE TRIAL · 27 minutes
- 69 - THE TWO JUDGES · 19 minutes
- 70 - HOW AM I TO BEAR IT? · 26 minutes
- 71 - SHOWING HOW JOHN KENNEBY AND BRIDGET BOLSTER BORE THEMSELVES IN COURT · 30 minutes
- 72 - MR. FURNIVAL'S SPEECH · 22 minutes
- 73 - MRS. ORME TELLS THE STORY · 28 minutes
- 74 - YOUNG LOCHINVAR · 20 minutes
- 75 - THE LAST DAY · 27 minutes
- 76 - I LOVE HER STILL · 23 minutes
- 77 - JOHN KENNEBY'S DOOM · 20 minutes
- 78 - THE LAST OF THE LAWYERS · 27 minutes
- 79 - FAREWELL · 29 minutes
- 80 - SHOWING HOW AFFAIRS SETTLED THEMSELVES AT NONINGSBY · 20 minutes